Shingle-bundle.



W. C. WEEKS.

SHINGLE BUNDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1915.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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WILLIAM C. WEEKS, OF UNION BAY. BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

SHINGLE-BUNDLE.

Application filed May 27, 1915.

b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM (J. lVnnxs, citizen of the United States, and resident of Union Bay, in the Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shingle-Bundles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shingle bundles and the means employed to combine with each bundle a suflicient supply of suitable nails with which to secure the shingles of that bundle upon a roof.

The object of my invention is to insure that a supply of nails be conveniently provided with each bundle of shingles. Nails may thus be supplied with the bundle of shingles, of such character that they will hold the shingles properly and that they will last and the roof not fail by reason of rusting or the giving away of the nails.

That of which my invention consists will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out by the claims.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown my invention in the forms of construction which are now most preferred by me.

Figure 1; shpws a shingle bundle in perspective having secured thereto a nail container.

Fig. 2 is a section taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 shows a modified manner of closing the ends of the container.

The life of a shingle and its eifectiveness as a protective covering against the rain is quite generally terminated by failure in the nails, usually by their rusting and failing to hold the shingles securely in place. The nails rust away and leave holes through which water may run. It is also not realized by most people that the character of nails used has any material effect upon the durable character of the roof. It often happens that when the shingles are to be applied no suitable nails are available with which to secure them. 7

To remedy or prevent the above troubles, as well as to insure the convenience of always having a supply of nails, I have pro- Specification of Letters lfatent.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

Serial No. 30,805.

duced a container which is applied to a shingle package in such manner that it is protected from injury by the handling to which the shingles are subjected between the mill and the user.

The style of shingle package shown is that which is universally employed, the shingles being held in place by two bars 1, placed at opposite sides of the bundle, their ends being secured by straps 2.

The container is formed by a sheet 3 which is so bent and its edges secured to a bar 1, in such manner as to form a chamber or cell in which the nails may be placed.

This container lies alongside one edge of the bar 1, in the angle between the bar and the shingles, being thus protected against injury in handling.

The container is preferably made from a sheet of metal, one edge being secured on the top of the bar 1 and its opposite edge on the lower side of the bar. The central portion of the sheet is bent and far enough from the edge of the bar to form a cell for the reception of the nails.

The ends of this cell may be closed by bending the edge of the sheet inward, as shown at 4:, in Fig. 1, or by bending over, as shown at 5 in Fig. 3. The exact manner of closing its ends is immaterial.

When the shingles of such a bundle are to be used the container may be readily opened, a hammer or any convenient tool being sufiicient for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States of Amerlca, 1s:

1. A shingle bundle, having a binding bar extending transversely across the bundle, and a nail container secured along one edge of said bar, and lying substantially within an extension of the outer plane of the bar.

2. A shingle bundle, having a binding bar extending transversely across the bundle, and a nail container composed of a sheet having its edges secured tothe bar, and lying substantially within the plane formed by the outer face of the bar and the outer edge of the shingles.

3. The combination with the binding bar of a shingle package of a sheet of metal bent into U-shape and having its edges secured to the binding bar and its central bend spaced away from the edge of the bar, the edges of said plate at the ends of the container thus formed being bent inward to close said ends.

Signed at Vancouver, B. 0., Canada, this 20th day of May, 1915.

WILLIAM C. WEEKS.

Witnesses:

E. G. JOHNSON, H. C. BUZZELLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

